Top news of the week: 07.06.2022.
The Cybersecurity Writing Contest
Twingate & HackerNoon are excited to host a Cybersecurity Writing Contest! Here’s your chance to win money from a $1000 monthly prize pool. It could be any story on #cybersecurity. You can ...
Canadian company Xanadu achieves ‘big leap forward’ in quantum computer race
Toronto startup hits an elusive milestone with a device that can outperform any supercomputer in the world at a specific task
Ransomware attacks have dropped. And gangs are attacking each other's victims
Research indicates victim numbers are dropping but the finance sector is experiencing more than its fair share of attacks.
Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor
LuoYu, an "extremely sophisticated" Chinese-speaking APT hacker group, has been observed using man-on-the-side attacks to deploy a Windows backdoor.
The Best Free Tech Writing Fellowship on the Internet
The HackerNoon Tech Writing Fellowship seeks to help tear down barriers of entry into the job market.
Evil Corp hackers evolve ransomware tactics to dodge US sanctions
The Russia-based cybercriminal group known as Evil Corp has shifted to a ransomware-as-a-service model in an effort to skirt U.S. sanctions, according to research from cybersecurity firm ...
Sussmann acquitted on charge brought by special counsel Durham
The jury acquitted Michael Sussmann, 57, on a charge that he lied when he allegedly denied he was acting on behalf of any client in alerting the FBI to claims that a secret server linked ...
Sussmann, who worked for Clinton, acquitted of lying to FBI in 2016
A jury cleared Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats, of lying to the FBI at the height of the 2016 campaign -- a defeat for Special Counsel John Durham.